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The Weaponization Of Title 42 At The U.S.-Mexico Border: An Anthropological Research Paper, Elizabeth Hartt

Spectrum

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Gaza’S Children Are Burying Each Other: The Commemoration Of Palestine’S Martyred Children, Morgan Eames

Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Selectmen/Auditors, Town Clerk/Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Road Agent/Trustees Of The Trust Funds, Trustees Of The Library, Planning Board, Police And Fire Departments, Board Of Education, Town Of Hampstead, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2023, Together With The Vital Statistics For The Year As Prepared By The Town Clerk, Hampstead Town Representatives

Hampstead, NH Annual Reports

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Mason, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2023., Mason Town Representatives

Mason, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Ashland 2023 Annual Town Report Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023., Ashland Town Representatives

Ashland, NH Annual Reports

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Increasing Education And Staff Knowledge Of Delirium Care: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Serena Martinath

Master's Theses and Capstones

Introduction At a small, community hospital in Massachusetts a gap analysis was conducted leading to a quality improvement project to increase staff education and knowledge regarding delirium and evidence-based best practices for delirium care. Delirium is a growing, often under recognized medical condition that occurs in hospitalized patients (Loftus & Wiesenfeld, 2017). Delirium is characterized by acute changes in congnition, level of consciousness, and attention (Loftus & Wiesenfeld, 2017). A better understanding of this condition is expected to result in improved patient care.

Methods The clinical microsystem studied in this gap analysis project was assessed by using the AHRQ Gap …

Enhancing Inpatient Sleep Quality In Patients On An Intermediate Care Unit Through Healthcare Staff Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Avery B. Drouin

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background

In the Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU), patients often suffer from poor sleep quality due to continuous overnight care and inherent hospital environment noise. Poor sleep can adversely affect recovery, especially for cardiac patients, who constitute a significant portion of the IMCU population. Improving sleep quality in these patients is essential for their recovery and overall well-being.

Local Problem

Despite the importance of adequate sleep, only 47% of patients in the hospital that houses the microsystem reported a quiet environment at night using the Hospital Compare online survey platform. Disruptions from alarms, phones, and care activities significantly impact sleep quality, …

Improving The Postpartum Depression Discharge Education To Increase Quality And Safety Of Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Amanda Lucia

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most prevalent psychological condition to affect mothers following childbirth which can have detrimental consequences on the physical and mental health of the mother, child, and spouse (Wang et al., 2021). Globally, postpartum depression affects 17.2% of the world population, and in the United States 1 in 8 women who recently gave birth reported symptoms of PPD, and 1 in 10 women reported experiencing a major depressive episode within a year following delivery (CDC, 2023). Patients’ spouses and family members are in a unique position to identify early manifestations of PPD which can lead to …

Improving Quality Of Documentation In Perianesthesia Care Units To Increase Nurse Satisfaction And Patient Safety: A Quality Improvement Project, Anja Novcic

Master's Theses and Capstones

Abstract

Background: Quality documentation in healthcare settings is essential to ensure nurse satisfaction and patient safety. Documentation templates for patient charting should be in a format that follows best practice nursing care and captures all necessary assessments and interventions ordered by providers for patient care. A quality improvement was conducted in a PACU to evaluate the nurse satisfaction with the use of a new and revised documentation template for pain block procedures.

Local Problem: Within the perianesthesia care unit (PACU) of a Same Day Surgery center, a problem was identified regarding the nurse dissatisfaction with the template in place for …

Annual Reports Of The Town Officers Brookfield, Carroll County, New Hampshire 2023, Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023, Vital Statistics For 2023., Brookfield Town Representatives

Brookfield, NH Annual Reports

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2023 Annual Report Of The Officers, Town Of Orange, New Hampshire., Orange Town Representatives

Orange, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Dummer, Nh Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December 31, 2023., Dummer Town Representatives

Dummer, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Town Of Enfield, New Hampshire Year Ending December 31, 2023., Enfield Town Representatives

Enfield, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Hart's Location, Nh School Year Ending June 30, 2023, Town Year Ending December 31, 2023., Hart's Location Town Representatives

Hart's Location, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Greenfield 2023 Annual Reports For Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023., Greenfield Town Representatives

Greenfield, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Town Of Albany, New Hampshire For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023., Albany Town Representatives

Albany, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Richmond, New Hampshire 2023 Annual Report., Richmond Town Representatives

Richmond, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of The Officers, Trustees, Agents, Committees, And Organizations Of The Town Of Warren, New Hampshire For The Year 2023., Warren Town Representatives

Warren, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Grantham, Nh 2023 Annual Town Report., Grantham Town Representatives

Grantham, NH Annual Reports

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Highly Significant Detection Of X-Ray Polarization From The Brightest Accreting Neutron Star Sco X-1, Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco, Juri Poutanen, Matteo Bachetti, Sara Elisa Motta, Alessandro Papitto, Maura Pilia, Fei Xie, Stefano Bianchi, Anna Bobrikova, Enrico Costa, Wei Deng, Ming-Yu Ge, Giulia Illiano, Shu-Mei Jia, Henric Krawczynski, Eleonora Veronica Lai, Kuan Liu, Guglielmo Mastroserio, Fabio Muleri, John Rankin, Paolo Soffitta, Alexandra Veledina, Filippo Ambrosino, Melania Del Santo

Faculty Publications

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer measured with high significance the X-ray polarization of the brightest Z-source, Sco X-1, resulting in the nominal 2–8 keV energy band in a polarization degree of 1.0% ± 0.2% and a polarization angle of 8° ± 6° at a 90% confidence level. This observation was strictly simultaneous with observations performed by NICER, NuSTAR, and Insight-HXMT, which allowed for a precise characterization of its broadband spectrum from soft to hard X-rays. The source has been observed mainly in its soft state, with short periods of flaring. We also observed low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations. From a spectropolarimetric analysis, …

On The Role Of Alfvénic Fluctuations As Mediators Of Coherence Within Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections: Investigation Of Multi-Spacecraft Measurements At 1 Au, Camilla Scolini, Noé Lugaz, Réka M. Winslow, Charles J. Farrugia, Norbert Magyar, Fabio Bacchini

Faculty Publications

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are defined as “coherent” if they are capable of responding to external perturbations in a collective manner. This implies that information must be able to propagate across ICME structures, and if this is not the case, single-point in situ measurements cannot be considered as indicative of global ICME properties. Here, we investigate the role of Alfvénic fluctuations (AFs) as mediators of ICME coherence. We consider multipoint magnetic field and plasma measurements of 10 ICMEs observed by the ACE and Wind spacecraft at 1 au at longitudinal separations of 0.5°–0.7°. For each event, we analyze the …

Highly Significant Detection Of X-Ray Polarization From The Brightest Accreting Neutron Star Sco X-1, Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco, Juri Poutanen, Matteo Bachetti, Sara Elisa Motta, Alessandro Papitto, Maura Pilia, Fei Xie, Stefano Bianchi, Anna Bobrikova, Enrico Costa, Wei Deng, Ming-Yu Ge, Giulia Illiano, Shu-Mei Jia, Henric Krawczynski, Eleonora Veronica Lai, Kuan Liu, Guglielmo Mastroserio, Fabio Muleri, John Rankin, Paolo Soffitta, Alexandra Veledina, Filippo Ambrosino, Melania Del Santo

Faculty Publications

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer measured with high significance the X-ray polarization of the brightest Z-source, Sco X-1, resulting in the nominal 2–8 keV energy band in a polarization degree of 1.0% ± 0.2% and a polarization angle of 8° ± 6° at a 90% confidence level. This observation was strictly simultaneous with observations performed by NICER, NuSTAR, and Insight-HXMT, which allowed for a precise characterization of its broadband spectrum from soft to hard X-rays. The source has been observed mainly in its soft state, with short periods of flaring. We also observed low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations. From a spectropolarimetric analysis, …

Town Of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire 62nd Annual Report Year Ending December 31, 2023., Sugar Hill Town Representatives

Sugar Hill, NH Annual Reports

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Uas-Based Detection And Quantification Of Pavement Roughness And Vertical Deviations Due To Frost Heave, Farah Zaremotekhases

Doctoral Dissertations

This research leverages Unpiloted Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with advanced sensing technologies—optical imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)—to accurately detect and measure pavement frost heaves, which cause significant structural damage and surface roughness, particularly in cold climate regions. The use of UAS platforms is driven by the need to provide measurements over large areas and to offer high-precision, accessible, and efficient data collection methods capable of operating in challenging and difficult-to-access regions. Furthermore, UAS technology enhances safety and saves time and labor, enabling quicker, and safer assessments with minimal disruption. Experiments were conducted on both simulated and actual pavements …

Observing And Estimating Soil Freeze Thaw Processes: From Remote Sensing To Land Surface Modeling, Mahsa Moradikhaneghahi

Doctoral Dissertations

Freezing conditions affect more than half of the exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere in cold seasons, where transitions between frozen and thawed states impact surface and subsurface water and energy budget. Recognized as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV), accurate, reliable and efficient estimates of soil freeze/thaw (FT) processes with a moderate spatiotemporal resolution are needed to fully resolve highly-dynamic processes taking place at the land-atmosphere interface. Active microwave remote sensing and land surface modeling are promising tools for advancing the monitoring of FT as an ECV. My dissertation addresses key scientific gaps in estimating soil FT conditions using active …

Natural Laboratories Of The Deep Sea: Linking Community Composition And Environmental Variables On Low-Temperature Venting Outcrops Of Ridge Flank Hydrothermal Systems To Explore Potential Impacts Of Climate Change, Inform Habitat Suitability Models, And To Understand The Impacts Of High Bathymetric Resolution On Seafloor Characterization, Anne Marie Hartwell

Doctoral Dissertations

The deep sea covers over two-thirds of the globe and represents 95% of the ocean. Most life on Earth is suspected to live on or near the seabed. Yet, these ecosystems are the least known on Earth and are important to explore as they are home to a diverse array of species that are currently under threat because of multiple anthropogenic pressures, including warming oceans. Exploration of these systems is critical to further the understanding of species interactions, biodiversity and their overall relationship to environmental and terrain variables. Many of these variables are used in species distribution models and technological …

Rational Design Of Polymers For Specific Interactions With Liquid And Solid-State Water, Nick Mitchell

Doctoral Dissertations

Many plants and animals that live in arctic regions possess biological cryoprotecting agents (CPAs) known as antifreeze proteins (AFPs) which protect them against cryoinjury in their native subfreezing environment. AFPs and their synthetic biomimetics have received increasing attention as potential candidates for various industrial and bio-medical applications. Despite the interest in developing synthetic, macromolecular CPAs; a full understanding of the antifreeze process induced by these remains elusive. To explore this, we have synthesized a series of water- soluble polyol-based polymers with systematic variation of their chain architectures.While AFPs are well-known for their ice nucleation and recrystallization inhibition activity along with …

Connecting Conservation: Modeling And Socializing Climate Connectivity For Land Conservation, Melissa M. Clark

Doctoral Dissertations

As the climate changes, species must either adapt, relocate, or face extinction. This pressing reality underscores the importance of promoting climate connectivity, which ensures that habitats and landscapes remain interconnected, allowing species to move and adapt as climate conditions shift. Given the challenges posed by ongoing climate change, it is crucial that land conservation decisions incorporate climate connectivity. Conservation goals should be informed by the latest connectivity models and be practical for implementation by on-the-ground practitioners. This dissertation aims to bridge the gap between these two critical needs, which are not always well-integrated in conservation work. Modeling connectivity in a …

2023 Annual Report, Town Of Brentwood And Brentwood School District., Brentwood Town Representatives

Brentwood, NH Annual Reports

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Who Is "Women's Health" For? Lgbtq+ Inclusion In Sexual And Reproductive Health Care, Evan Thomas England

Doctoral Dissertations

Throughout modern Western history, access to fully affirming and supportive sexual and reproductive health care (SRH) has been denied to most women and sexual and gender minorities. Also, as demonstrated by the ubiquity of the term “women’s health,” SRH often reflects a cisgender heterosexual (cishet) women-centered approach, alienating transgender, non-binary, gender nonconforming, and sexual minority individuals who are not cishet women but are in equal need of the same life-saving screenings, treatments, and counseling services. Due to the operationalization and reproduction of gendered ideologies and unequal social hierarchies within SRH, inadequate access to quality sexual health education for youth, and …